Until we all ride electric motorcycles…the shifter peg is – with exhaust – your left shoe’s worst enemy. Although some riding boots include a special top shoe protection to avoid scuffing, others may be interested by this boot protector. A simple solution to an age old problem. Made from leather with an elasticized strap to fit over nearly any size shoe. Only $7.95 at

27 Responses to “Shifter Boot Protector”

Did not know my left shoe had enemies. Wonder if it fits for those who ride in flip flops or sandals? They need to make a right shoe protector for those who will be addressing their bros they see wearing one of these with a swift kick to the groin so they do not scuff their boot in doing so!

Shifter scuffs on my shoe are a badge of honor. They’re also a statement that I ride and I’m not one of those people who wear m/c apparel who have never even ridden. Furthermore, the holes in my jeans were put there through hard work, not by some fashion designer.

I find on a long ride if I wear my left patent leather dress shoe from the tux I wore to a friends wedding, it is shiny and hard enough to avoid scuffing, that way I can wear my old worn out boot on my right foot and look righteous to those who ride on my right side …..problem solved

I like the skuff mark on the boot also . But you will always see the fashion / style bikers out & about . walked by a guy this morning @ work , he was putting a cover over his “import dresser” that has muli colored LED lights flashing all over it . He seemed pretty proud …………………………………….

Well, there was this guy at work who rode his Beemer in every day.
Although his was newer than mine it had the better part of 150K miles on the clock.
The stickers on his saddlebags (instead of Grand Canyon or Niagara Falls) were from places like Argentina and Ireland.

In Crescent City CA i once asked for a scenic rout recommendation. An older German MC tourist reached into his saddlebag and pulled out a well worn leather-bound atlas of the world and said:
“Oh, so your just out for a little ride”…….

I’m trying the ribbed-knob prophylactic out on a new pair of brown engineer boots, that would otherwise eat scrap, first time out.
I’m not competing, or ranking anyone’s play – only looking for a cure. And I will so let you all know of the outcome. Blue tape worked. Tried a wrapped-knob on new, brown, Red Wing buckle-engineers before I returned them to Amazon. Not a blemish topside. Will clear shrink tube perform the same?

Thank you Town Moto. Your invention pushed me to “make that google search”, that had been haunting me for action. I’ve got 9-3/4″ of this flat-stock left. Let me know if you could use 4-1/2″ to test-out.

As I sat on the bench outside the gas station, 1200 miles from home with my plain white t-shirt, jeans and brown construction boots I was approached by an outlaw biker ( 1%er) who asked to share the bench. We struck up a conversation, where he told me he had made the journey to the rally 30 years in a row, riding over 1000 miles straight through every year rain/shine. We got to talking about how many people trailer their bikes these days, and what a joke motorcycle rally’s have become. This was my first Rally, also one of my first long distance rides solo. As he left, he shook my hand and said ” remember son, it’s not what you ride, or the clothes that you wear that make you a biker. I’m glad to see you ride, keep on riding”.